Dog began one day when my artist friend and roommate came home and broke my Red Porcelain Balloon Dog that was an original piece of art by Jeff Koon's. Art intercepted by life is an important thing to consider, and I wanted to turn this now non-art back into art. I decided that this moment in time was something that should be considered and so to bring attention to its importance of artist, object and life intersecting I decided to bronze it in its new state. This brought about another complementary statement about art and nothing as well. As Jeff hires professionals to make his objects, he has no craft. I also have no craft in making a bronze. By learning to make a mold and the subsequent bronze I could echo the lack of craft in Jeff’s work. The resulting bronze is a document of my struggle to learn this craft as its imperfections record the process to be a craftsman. Dog brings back the hand and the artists life to the object.
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